Top Trump official ignites heated exchange after stumping House Dem on landmark SCOTUS cases
Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., the ranking member on the House Appropriations Committee, got into a heated exchange with Lee Zeldin, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), on Monday over...
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Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., the ranking member on the House Appropriations Committee, got into a heated exchange with Lee Zeldin, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), on Monday over whether she was familiar with precedents governing the EPA’s mission. "You’re upset that you don’t know what Loper Bright is," Zeldin said, referring to the landmark Supreme Court case from 2024 that reshaped the power of regulatory agencies. "I’m upset — because," DeLauro started to respond. "You know what the major policy doctrine is?" Zeldin interjected. "You’re a member of Congress. You should know." STACEY ABRAMS SLAMMED AFTER DEFENDING $2 BILLION IN BIDEN-ERA EPA FUNDS TO BUY GREEN ENERGY APPLIANCES DeLauro, who had been asking about the framing of President Donald Trump ’s 2027 budget request, tried to answer again but was cut off. "You want me to tell you what the two biggest Supreme Court cases are of the last few years?" Zeldin said. The moment came as Zeldin appeared before Congress for the EPA’s 2027 budget request — a proposal that asks lawmakers to slash the agency’s budget by more than 50%. The tense back-and-forth highlights sharp divisions between the administration and Democrats in Congress over what threat, if any, climate change poses and what resources the U.S. should devote to combating it. The exchange began when DeLauro raised alarms about the framing of the 2027 budget request, arguing that the EPA had made an assertion that climate change didn’t exist. "The budget proposal reads like a climate change denier's manifesto," DeLauro said. " When climate change is flooding our streets, poisoning our air, driving up health care, how can the EPA justify abandoning that duty to protect Americans, to appease polluters under the false flag of economic growth?" DeLauro asked. TRUMP OFFICIAL FIRES BACK AT DEM'S EPSTEIN DONOR CLAIM: 'TOTALLY DIFFERENT PERSON' In response, Zeldin argued the agency lacked the power to make that determination. "You do no…